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- noun A civil
judge in Arabic, Persian or Turkish countries.
Etymologies
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Examples
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They have a priest whom they call their Kazi, but elect him themselves.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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Kazi is a strict Islamic homeopath who is upset that his young son Anu is being corrupted by Kazi’s brother, a university student involved in political activism.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2004
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And behold, the Kazi was the first to appear, devancing the rest, and when she saw him, she rose to her feet and kissed the ground before him; then, taking him by the hand, made him sit down by her on the couch and lay with him and fell to jesting and toying with him.
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And behold, the Kazi was the first to appear, devancing rest, and when she saw him, she rose to her feet and kissed the ground before him, then, taking him by the hand, made him sit down by her on the couch and lay with him and fell to jesting and toying with him.
Tehran Winter Naipaul, V.S. 1981
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And in the matter now in hand, the whole of the folk declare that the Kazi is a wrong-doer to his wife, and no one knoweth that thou art really the wronged and I the wronger.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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And behold, the Kazi was the first to appear, devancing the rest, and when she saw him, she rose to her feet and kissed the ground before him; then, taking him by the hand, made him sit down by her on the couch and lay with him and fell to jesting and toying with him.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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With Nestor Serrano, Julie Carmen and Chris "Kazi" Rolle.
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Prosecuting, David Hall said that Kazi, a former imam at Armley jail in Leeds, West Yorkshire, and in Batley Carr, where he lives, had falsified divorce papers and perjured himself by falsely swearing a witness statement for a grant of divorce.
Former imam secretly divorced wife so he could keep access to her money while marrying another woman 2009
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Prosecutors said Kazi, of Batley Carr, hatched the plot to divorce his wife, who uses a wheelchair, without her knowledge because he wanted to keep access to her £1m compensation from a hospital negligence claim.
Former imam secretly divorced wife so he could keep access to her money while marrying another woman 2009
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Judge Scott Wolstenholme freed Kazi on bail until he is sentenced on Friday.
Former imam secretly divorced wife so he could keep access to her money while marrying another woman 2009
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